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jurisdiction

jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio

Jurisdiction, is a verbal coat of many colours. Jurisdiction originally seems

Court having admiralty jurisdiction. The legislature of a British possession may by any Colonial

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Court of competent jurisdiction, the expression 'a Court of competent jurisdiction' envisaged in s.

Foreign Jurisdiction Acts (English): 6 & 7 Vict. c. 94; 28 &

Summary jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a court to give a judgment or

Available jurisdiction, where more courts than one have jurisdiction over a subject-matter,

Defect of jurisdiction, where the expression as a whole reads 'from defect of

Service out of the jurisdiction of a writ of summons may be allowed by the

Summary jurisdiction, Court of, 'means' in an Act of Parliament 'any justice

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